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No one in real play for the second place, not like they do here atleast, no one cares, or they try to get win, or they try to get the more fun (that translate in stupid random plays), it impress me your answers, because implicit o explicit the no second place rule is always present in real life, and...

In a 4 player game, If you have a play that give you 10% to get first place, and another that give you 30% of getting the second place, the elo system reward you for the latest option, but a lot of the time that play also seal the result of the game letting the first place secure his victory ruining...

We need a system, even if optional, that penalize all losers equally, the system we have now that give points depending on your place at the end of the game, make people give up on the first place, and sabotage the players that are paying the game, and it doesn't reflect the game, the games are bett...